Improvement in machines poe making and hphig matches



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No. m50?.

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" stos-mes geen @me JAMES F.y CRANSTON. or SPRINGFIELD. MASSACHUSETTS, Aemerson To HIMSELF .AND S. W.'IPORTER, OF 'SAME1;Llllll.4 I

Letters .Potent No. 73,507, dated January 21, :1868.

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TO ALIIWHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Beit known thst I, J'. F. GuAKs'rozv, of Springfield, Hnmpden county, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hsve invented s new and useful Improved Mstch-Mschinotsnd I do hereby declsro that' the folloiring is s full snd exsctfdoscription thercof,jreforence being hsd to the accompanying drawings, end to the lettore of refer--A ence marked thereon. In the drawingsl Figure 1 is splsn vic', Figure 2 nn end view, snd y Figures 3 snd 4 dctsil views of my invention.

'.l'his invention consists of sn sutomstio machine for 'forming.mstches, dipping, sud drying thorn.. It isnrrsnged sothst the Erst operation is toont ont the slips of wood from the stock. Itthon dips them iti sulphur, dries the come, then dips in phosphorus, and delivers the formed match.,

In construction, I'form my mcchines follovvsz At one end of o tshle, A, which 4is formed withl c trough for its body, of suitable depth sndwidth, is plsced s pair of onttersB and G,consisting of cyliudvors set'upoiit 'v verticsl shafts, sud having corrugstedsurfsoes, ths verticalv blades of which moet, sud seperate-the stock (which consists of` thin pieces of wood, with the grninrnnnipg vertically) into the stems oiltho matches. 'These cylinders B snd C are geared together, by gearwheels D and E, et the top, so soto move in conjunction. Oilejf these gesrs, D, hss bevelled gear on its top odge, the purpose of which I will heresfter exploin. .After-'thcv ook hes boss q'utlp, by psssingbetvveen the cutters B andv C, it rs ps'see'd to two belts,- .thc inner sides of v vhioh press sgsisat. osch other. These bolts, VI s'nd G, vork 'round rollers E end H', on vsrtiosl bearings in .the middle of the trough of tsblo AJ. The slips, of nood forming the stems of thc-matches sro forced, by the sction of the cutters B'snd O, through s psir of equslising-sprin'gs, a, hereafter described, sud fed to thobolts F ond G, which, moving fssterlthsn the cutters, carry the stems nwsy from tho springs `a, leaving about the sixteenth ofisn inch between them. .The spsce beneath the belts is diridede'quslly into three psrts, these being thetlidth of the'dipping pans :s as, containing the melted splphur s'nd phosphorus, and the spsce between4 them is for drying the sulphur on the stems after' dipping, und before dipping into tho phosphorus. As esch third o f thc bolt comes over the sulphur-pon, the'belt is' halted, and thepsu rises und dips the ends of the stems st the seme time that' thephosphoruppsn also rises, -and dips with phosphorus the stemsthet hnve been dipped in sulphur and dried. AThe next movementof the belt delivers those that hsvo been dipped in, phosphorus, brings those just dipped in sulphur over the drying-compartment, and brings a fresh supply of stems 'over the sulphur-pen, and so on continually. The whole machine is opernczl by shorisontsl shsft, 0, running overthe top of the table A, and having st e'sch end s'bevelled gear. The one, I, over the cutters, operating them by'utesns-of the gecr already described', and. the one, K, working lo similsr pair of gesrs,-L and M, ot the other epd of the tnble,which oper-ste the belts F and G, the same pussingsrourld rollers on the shafts of these gears L and M. Oppositev to the centre of esch oi' the dipping-pensiero cams N N', on the 'shaft 0,'4 which, st the proper time, lift the dipping-pnne'by means' of hooks c en d c, extending upfront them, .these ps ns belnghinged on the other` eside-otlthetrongh: The gesrs'f'snd K, on'tiefshsi't O, have some of their teeth out o on the sume sides, so thatwhen the pens 'are being'-lii`tcd to'dip the stems, th cutters. and the belts ure et s. stond. The cutters' revolve mom-,slowly than .the belt-sho? ts, tho geer- L, operated by the gear K, having e lese number of teeth than the corresponding one on thc cutters. In order to koepthe dipping-paus supplied conetsntlyn'itho qusuq -tity of melt-cd sulphur and phosphorus, I arrange nmelting-spparstus, which is warmed by steam, and consists l of tno cups, P sud P,'onc of which contains'sulphur andthe other phosphorus. Steam is passed nronxdJ these cups, and sroundtlxc pipes connecting them'fwith thetlippingpengsx A section of one of these is shown in iig. 4, vrhcre the cup P has the pipe p extending downwards fromit, this pipe communicating with the dipping-pnn bolovqlnnd supplying it with melted sulphur or phosphorus ns fast es it is fused by the steam which surrounds it, between it' and the outer cese q. Steam mcy be admitted into ncom'mon pipe, r, communicating with both csses g. In g. 3 is shown the arrangement of the enunlisingfsprings, for conveying or guiding the match-stems -frena the cixtters to the belts. In construction, they 4are formed of two centre parallel pieces, s and s', which are pressed together by spring-pieces t und t', which are fastened nt one ond to tho pieces s, et u., The pieces @and t' are attached to supports e ami n nt their outside curves; nml jwlmnythe pieces s :tml a are opened apart, the ends nf the springs, nt u, not being fastened' tb the centre pieces, play upon theiroutside surfaces.

This arrangement gives an equeiizing pressure to the centr-'e pieces, and holds each stem securely in vwhatever part of the spring it may be pushed. The knives upon the entters may be arranged so as to form whatever size or shape of stem for the match muy be desirable.

The advantages of' this machine nre* in `the perfectly automatic arrangement of the parts, by which the match is out ont, lipped in both sulphur eri-'I phosphorus, dried, end cl'elivered, und in the simplicity vof the parts und operation of tlxenlxole.

Now, having described my invention, what I claim namur?, and desire to secure 'by Letter Patent, i5-

1. Theiurrnngement of the cutters C and B, belts F and G, and dipping-pans X nml Y, liavingthe meltingc'upsl mi P, operated in lconneetion with euch other by the horizontal shaft O, substantially :xml for the purpose dese'ribed. l 1' l l Tlidvlevice for tlic purppse of transferring the match-stems from the cutters C and-B to the belts F and G, consisting ol' the springs t und t and guides a and constructed and arranged as described.

JAMES F. CRANSTON.

Witueses:

E. H. HYDE, J. B. GARDINER. 

